Winterizing In Ground Fig Trees with Mr. Figs

I just finished prepping 35 of my in ground trees today. I’m gonna do a bunch more tomorrow. Mid teens temps coming in a few days and I want to beat that.
 
The Figtator said:
No doubt! Clay is terrible!!!
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Gypsum will help flocculate clay. I can’t remember the exact mechanism, but essentially it keeps the clay particles from gluing together. You can apply it heavily too 500lbs+ an acre. Lime is very overused and turns clay into brick.
Deep mulching overwinter definitely has been our best soil improving strategy. The worms will work all winter at the soil mulch interface ( as long as the mulch is deep enough to prevent freezing) that by spring you have a nice layer of worm castings under the remaining mulch.
 
I picked up two more rolls of 48 in X 125 ft double reflective rolls today, as well as three additional rolls of R-30 pink insulation… for my next project (previously posted about building gable roof structure using galvanised wire mesh and 4 in X 4 in X 8 ft pt posts).

Also, I will wrap the inside of my grow room with the double reflective insulation roll this winter (I use one of the garage slots under the house as a grow room).

I thought I got the faced insulation, but apparently not… bummer!

I will share photos of the grow room once it is up, and the gable roof structure as I build it.
 

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MFJFIGS said:
I picked up two more rolls of 48 in X 125 ft double reflective rolls today, as well as three additional rolls of R-30 pink insulation… for my next project (previously posted about building gable roof structure using galvanised wire mesh and 4 in X 4 in X 8 ft pt posts).

Also, I will wrap the inside of my grow room with the double reflective insulation roll this winter (I use one of the garage slots under the house as a grow room).

I thought I got the faced insulation, but apparently not… bummer!

I will share photos of the grow room once it is up, and the gable roof structure as I build it.
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Is the pink insulation still in decent enough condition in the Spring to store and reuse?
 
You're always going to lose some but yep... just make sure it's dry when you store it. I hate working with the stuff but don't have a better alternative yet.

Does anyone know what concrete curing blankets are lined with? I was thinking that might be an option since they're intended to be reused.
 
TorontoJoe said:
You're always going to lose some but yep... just make sure it's dry when you store it. I hate working with the stuff but don't have a better alternative yet.

Does anyone know what concrete curing blankets are lined with? I was thinking that might be an option since they're intended to be reused.
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I thought it was a foam layer in those blankets. Kinda like pool noodle material.
 
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